What is "kinesthesia"

kinesthesia \kin`es*the"sia\, kinesthesis \kin`es*the"sis\ kinesthetic \kin`es*thet"ic\ See kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, and kinaesthetic.

kinaesthesia \kin`aes*the"sia\, kinaesthesis \kin`aes*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + ? perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also spelled kin`es*the"sia and kin`es*the"sis.]
--Bastian.

also kinaesthesia, 1888, Modern Latin compound of Greek kinein "to set in motion; to move" (see cite) + aisthesis "perception" (see anaesthesia).

n. 1 Sensation or perception of motion. 2 # (context physiology English) The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc. 3 # (context performing arts English) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator. 4 proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See #Usage notes below.

1. n. the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc [syn: kinaesthesia, feeling of movement]

2. the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement] [ant: kinanesthesia]